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Change: five full-residency, English-language PhD programs in Foresight / Futures globally. See Global FS Programs . for details. These represent a primary foresight community that needs to be better connected and supported by the FERN network.B. Low-Residency English-Language Foresight/Futures PhD ProgramsForesight professionals who have a masters
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Aug 4 2009, 12:55 AM EDT
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Change: If you are interested in a PhD in Technology Foresight, the University of Manchester program is particularly strong. Ian Miles, Luke Georghiou, Jennifer Harper, Mike Keenan, and Rafael Popper are all foresight faculty there. They do both governmental and corporate tech foresight work. See their recently published The Handbook
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Dec 21 2008, 7:35 PM EST
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: Leeds Met used to have Graham May, a primary foresight faculty member, but he left in 2004. Jeff Gold has taken over his role, but he is an HR and leadership specialist, not a foresight scholar. Planetary Collegium is an art/new media oriented
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Change: There are no known primary futurists at these universities, although they both have affiliations with futurists. Planetary Collegium is an art/new media oriented program where one may do secondary foresight work of various types. See our Primary/Secondary foresight rubric for more details.1. Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds, UK)2. University
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Change: These programs typically range in cost from $30,000 to $60,000. Your employer may pay a portion of the tuition. A 2006 comparison of some of these: Doctoral Studies by the Internet. Here is a comparison of doctoral costs for the Ed.D program for
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Change: The vast majority of these students have only a Master's not a PhD, and wouldSuch love to know about these programs. There is also the World Future Society, which has over 25,000 members. Our Global Futures Network already has over 1,000 members,
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Change: Futurists has over 300400 members. The World Futures Studies Federation has roughly 300 members. We'd love to actively promote this educational optionWe toshould allform thea folkscommittee inand theseget andthis otherstudent/alumni communitieslist as soon as it becomeswe available.can.
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Change: Below are a list of reasons why you might want to do a low-residency foresight PhD. The third reason under teaching, ability to start a foresight masters program, is a particularly powerful one for growing our global foresight community.Teaching Higher pay (vs. master's holders) as part-time or full-time instructors
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Change: and other future-oriented practitioners who want an advanced credential in futures studies while working full-time in their day jobs. Those with a FuturesLow-Residency StudiesForesight/Futures PhD have greater academic and professional clout. Some specific advantages for those who obtain the low-residency FS PhD:Teaching a. higherHigher pay (vs.
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Change: At the same time, for many of those in this community who already have MS degrees, thereThere is also a great need for aann affordable, low-residency (defined(mostly here as mostly distance-based, with weeklongfour weeks or less residentials, notof summerannual residency)residential Futuresrequirements)
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Change: Finally, there are a number of other distance and low-residency PhD programs available in the US, accredited by one of the "Top Six" accrediting agencies,
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Change: Education, Sociology, Communications, or other)other Departments) PhD. This track can be done by working with adjunct/affiliate faculty and/or dissertation committee members that specifically have futures studies PhDs, publishing
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Change: either original research, as with most PhDs, or applied research based onexisting theory, as with many DBAs (Doctors of Bus. Admin), rather than onea thesis based solely on discourse, rhetoric, argument, professional practice, or any other path that does not require the use of modern research methods. We'll list
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Change: toat datepresent discovered four universities where informal (no specific futures-track information yet on their websites) low-residency futures PhD programs may be done. These are:Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds, UK)Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia)University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)University of the Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast, Australia)
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Change: to pick up an advanced credential in futures studies while working full-time in their day jobs. Those with a Futures Studies PhD have greater academic and professional clout. Some specific advantages for those who obtain the low-residency FS PhD: a. higher pay (vs. MS holders) as part-time instructorsb.
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Change: of course a keyprimary futures studies community that needs to be connected and supported by our network.At the same time, for many of those in this community who already have MS degrees, there is a need for an affordable, low-residency (mostly distance-based) Futures Studies PhD option (three
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Change: thea mainkey futures studies community that needs to be connected and supported by our network.At the same time, for many of those in this community who already have MS degrees, there is a need for an affordable, low-residency (mostly distance-based) Futures Studies PhD option (three
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Change: South Africa)We'll post more on these and other programs here as we find out more about them (and you are encouraged to do the same).Such a program would be particularly desirable for:1. Academics who presently have MS's in futures studies
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Change: We'll post more on these and other programs here as we find out more about them (and you are encouraged to do the same).Such a program would be particularly desirable for:1. Academics who presently have MS's in futures studies (or
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